Arakcheev and the Military Colonies
Under Alexander I, writes Michael Jenkins, a ferocious martinet overshadowed Russian life.
Michael Jenkins
The Golden Years of the Russian Aristocracy
Michael Jenkins describes how the use to which the nobles put their power and wealth was responsible for the violence of the Revolution in 1917.
Mikhail Speransky
Michael Jenkins describes a reforming minister of genius and, according to Napoleon, ‘the only clear head in Russia’; Mikhail Speransky fell from power in the year 1812.